Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wheal Basset, Basset Mines, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 1009
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1009.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wheal Basset, Basset Mines, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
North Wheal Basset (Carnkie Mine)

Latitude: 50°12'54"N
Longitude: 5°14'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.215,-5.2411111111111

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Acanthite	Allophane	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Bismutite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite	Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Cyanotrichite	Fluorite	Johannite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile

Acanthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bassetite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Johannite ()*	Langite ()*	Libethenite ()*
Liebigite ()*	Malachite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Saléeite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Torbernite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Uranospathite ()*	Uranospinite ()*	Vochtenite ()*	Zeunerite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Sn U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Andalusite Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Bismutite Brochantite Calcite Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite Connellite Copper Corundum Cyanotrichite Fluorite Johannite Malachite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile

40 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	117418	2793
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	117418	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	117418	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Bassetite ()*	None	Fe²⁺(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₁₀	0		51
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	0		716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	0		1633
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	0		280
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	117418	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	117418	5707
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	1	117418	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	0		295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	0		2970
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	0		179
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Johannite ()*	Johannite	Cu(UO₂)₂(SO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	1	117418	69
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	0		593
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	0		234
Liebigite ()*	None	Ca₂(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·11H₂O	0		78
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	117418	12537
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	0		443
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	0		369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	117418	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	117418	61156
Saléeite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₁₀	0		95
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	0		5186
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	0		1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	0		2718
Uranospathite ()*	None	(Al, )(UO₂)₂F(PO₄)₂·20H₂O	0		20
Uranospinite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·10H₂O	0		51
Vochtenite ()*	None	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺(UO₂)₄(PO₄)₄(OH)·12-13H₂O	0		5
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O	0		185

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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